muizenberg peak

muizenberg literally means mouse mountain. the peak was covered with a perpetual cloud for the vast majority of the time so after two days of clear skies over the mountains i decided to walk to the top.

 

 

woke up a little bit too late and the perpetual cloud was yet again on and off the top every few minutes but decided to go anyway. only realised how sunny it is (noon-ish) when i stopped for a short break and got blinded for a while by salt in the sweat flooding
my forehead :)

 

 

it was a good idea to hike regardless. i was wondering how does it feel from the perspective on the peak when you're in and out of a cloud every few seconds/minutes... the clouds did seem to fade quite a bit once i got to the top though (and were nowhere to be seen once i got back). one of the windiest places i've ever been to, little bits of cloud zooming past seemingly like past a plane that's just taking off.

nothing puts your local geography in order like a birds eye view too - public transport makes you feel like all the areas are more separated but it is one enormous city stretching from table bay to false bay. the long straight line you can see in the photo above is main road, stretching all the way to the centre of cape town through the southern suburbs for about 25km and then almost double that via fishhoek and simon's town all the way to smitswinkel bay where the road turns around and the gated southernmost part of the cape point section of table mountain national park begins.